Myth, Fantasy and Conspiracy Theory with Fin Dwyer

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🗓️ 29 June 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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In this bonus episode I chat with Fin Dwyer from the Irish History Podcast about the relationship between Myth, Fantasy and Conspiracy Theory

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0:00.0	Hello you John Des Morris and welcome to a special bonus episode a special treat a bonus episode of the Blind Buy
0:09.3	podcast I told you on Wednesday's podcast that there was going to be a bonus episode this weekend.
0:14.9	I was very sick on Wednesday with food poisoning, so I promised you a bonus episode.
0:20.0	Well here it is. This episode is brought to you by now to let you know about season two of House of the Dragon,
0:27.8	which is streaming weekly without a contract with the now entertainment membership.
0:33.0	So every Monday, there's a new episode of House of the Dragon Season 2.
0:38.0	And now.
0:39.0	House of the Dragon Season 2, it's probably the biggest TV event of the year. Do I need to tell you what
0:45.1	House of the Dragon is? It's a game of thrones spin-off. It's high drama fantasy,
0:50.3	it's escapism, it's epic. epic.
0:53.0	I had Patty Kansodyne on the podcast a few weeks back.
0:58.0	Patty was in season one.
1:00.0	He's not in season two of House of the Dragon, who is in season two is the magnificent Olivia Cook, an absolutely brilliant actor who commands the screen.
1:11.0	Season two.
1:12.0	It'll be about a civil war between the house of black and green, and
1:17.2	then the people of Westeros will have to pledge their allegiance for a side. House of the Dragon season two,
1:24.6	it takes place before the events of Game of Thrones,
1:29.2	so it's a prequel as such.
1:32.1	But the thing is, even though House of the Dragon is fantasy,
1:36.0	the writer George R. Martin would most likely have found inspiration from real historical events and also mythology.
1:47.3	Like the Civil War between the House of Black and Green, what have a lot of parallels
1:50.9	with the English Civil War are the Wars of the Roses,
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